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Aircraft Demand: Airline Distress & Consolidation Airbus Airlines

FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

UK court orders Global Airlines, the planned A380 operator, into liquidation

A UK court has ordered Global Airlines into liquidation, ending the company’s effort to establish an airline operating Airbus A380s. The company had planned to build a fleet of the double-deck aircraft, but the available reports provide no details on the liquidation process or the status of any aircraft.

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2026-11-13T01:19:20.897888-08:00

Middle East Airports Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management

ch-aviation • Hilka Birns

Lebanon’s René Mouawad Air Base to Open for Commercial Flights Dec. 14

By ch-aviation: Lebanon's Tripoli Rene Mouawad AB is scheduled to open for commercial passenger flights on December 14, 2026, following trial flights from November 22, according to an official announcement by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam.

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2026-11-13T01:05:16.512226-08:00

NTSB Aviation Safety & Regulation

Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

NTSB Slams The New York Times Over Article That Turns Aviation Safety Into a "Clear Attempt to Malign the President And His Administration"

By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: The NTSB slams New York Times article about aviation safety, claiming comments it gave the newspaper have been 'distorted.'.

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2026-11-13T01:34:26.884676-08:00

Routes Africa Airlines

ch-aviation • Hilka Birns

Turkish Airlines studies return to Equatorial Guinea

By ch-aviation: Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul Airport) will conduct a feasibility study into resuming flights to Equatorial Guinea and potentially establishing an African operations hub in the country.

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2026-11-13T00:34:43.195883-08:00

Orders Airlines Boeing Boeing 737

FlightGlobal • Alfred Chua

Malaysia Airlines to receive first 737 Max 10 in 2029

By FlightGlobal: Deliveries will run through 2031, carrier's chief executive confirms. Malaysia Airlines will take delivery of its first Boeing 737 Max 10 in 2029, says airline chief Nasaruddin Bakar.

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2026-11-13T00:19:17.248820-08:00

Africa Aircraft Finance & Leasing Airlines Embraer

ch-aviation • Hilka Birns

Nigeria's Flybird wet leases E140

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2026-11-12T23:55:29.986107-08:00

Helicopter Military Aircraft Procurement Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs) Airbus

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FlightGlobal • Dominic Perry

Airbus Helicopters kicks off final assembly of third H160M prototype

By FlightGlobal: Latest example of medium-twin supports development of combined naval and air force variant. Airbus Helicopters has begun final assembly of the third of three H160M Guepard prototypes at its Marigane site in southern France.

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2026-11-13T02:19:21.596818-08:00

Africa Airline Industry & Market Trends Airlines

ch-aviation • Hilka Birns

Kenya Airways owes state $940mn as second-largest debtor

By ch-aviation: Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) owed the Kenyan government KES122.95 billion (USD940 million) as of June 30, 2026, making it the country's second-largest debtor among state corporations after Kenya Railways Corporation, according to the National Treasury's Annual Public Debt Management Report for FY2025/26.

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2026-11-12T23:05:08.855999-08:00

UK court orders Global Airlines, the planned A380 operator, into liquidation

Lebanon’s René Mouawad Air Base to Open for Commercial Flights Dec. 14

NTSB Slams The New York Times Over Article That Turns Aviation Safety Into a "Clear Attempt to Malign the President And His Administration"

Turkish Airlines studies return to Equatorial Guinea

Malaysia Airlines to receive first 737 Max 10 in 2029

Nigeria's Flybird wet leases E140

Airbus Helicopters kicks off final assembly of third H160M prototype

Kenya Airways owes state $940mn as second-largest debtor

Airbus Helicopters kicks off final assembly of third H160M prototype

NTSB Slams The New York Times Over Article That Turns Aviation Safety Into a "Clear Attempt to Malign the President And His Administration"

Lebanon’s René Mouawad Air Base to Open for Commercial Flights Dec. 14

UK’s ambitious Global Airlines ordered into liquidation

Turkish Airlines studies return to Equatorial Guinea

Malaysia Airlines to receive first 737 Max 10 in 2029

Malaysia weighing how to aid AirAsia without risking public funds, ex-minister says

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